# Observations on the new constitution, and on the Federal and State conventions, by a Columbian patriot

Author: Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728-1814; Towner, Lawrence W. (Lawrence William), 1921-1992 [Author of introduction, etc.]; Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814 [Dubious author]

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72627

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Observations+on+the+new+constitution%2C+and+on+the+Federal+and+State+conventions%2C+by+a+Warren&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

This pamphlet, first printed in Boston shortly after Massachusetts ratified the Federal Constitution on February 6, 1788, achieved its largest circulation in New York where it was issued both in pamphlet form and in a newspaper series during the spring of that year.[1] At the time of publication the Anti-Federalist cause still seemed hopeful, for despite the fact that Massachusetts was the sixth state to ratify (in the two previous months, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, and Connecticut had voted affirmatively), the approval of three more states was required before the Constitution would become operative. Even when Maryland, South Carolina, and New Hampshire would make the to...

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/observations-on-the-new-constitution-and-on-the-federal-and-sta-51a0292d/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/observations-on-the-new-constitution-and-on-the-federal-and-sta-51a0292d/chapters/2/index.md)